Nursery Places August 2020

The Scottish Government announced this week that that we are to postpone the requirement to provide 1140 hours from August 2020. This means that the City of Edinburgh’s Early Years` team will need to look at the provision of Early Learning and Childcare across the city for August on a setting by setting basis and agree on provisions that we are able to offer families. This provision may well look quite different from what was previously planned and may cause concern to parents/carers whom have already put plans in place. We will try to ensure that families have access to 600 hours until such times as the infrastructure and workforce are in place to phase in 1140 provision.

Please see attached the letter from City of Edinburgh Council.

Nursery places August CEC Letter April 1st

You will hear from us after Easter about Nursery places.

Kind regards

Michelle McAndrew

Depute Head Teacher

Week 2 of Home Learning is underway and so far it looks like the enthusiasm and motivation for work is still strong among so many of our pupils. It is great to see the creative and imaginative ways everyone is tackling the work sent home. I was briefly at school this morning after being at our Hub at Firrhill and it was lovely to see so many rainbows on windows and garage doors! We are enjoying seeing and reading about the positivity jars and random acts of kindness going on too. Keep up the good work Currie Primary School.

We got some good news in school today from Keep Scotland Beautiful who emailed to let us know our application for your Eco-Schools Green Flag Award was successful and we have been awarded our 5^th Green Flag.   Jamie Spalding, Education and Learning Officer, Keep Scotland Beautiful said in the email ‘I’ve conducted your Eco-Schools Assessment and am very pleased to say that you have achieved the Award! A massive congratulations on your Eco-Schools Green Flag and on achieving your 5th flag!’.

There will be some recommendations in the full report when it arrives which will keep us on the right track on our Eco Schools journey. A huge thankyou to Mr McArthur and Miss Mclean for leading our Eco Schools Council and in pulling all of the evidence  of our eco work together for this application form.

We have loved seeing the photos of you all this week working at home so we thought you might like to see some of the staff busy working hard at home preparing all the work to send to you every day.

We hope everyone has a restful and relaxing week and stays safe and well.

Great to see more photographs today of everything you have been doing.  Currie pupils are going to be fantastic bakers by the end of the home learning time as well as the fittest kids in school with all the Joe Wicks workouts going on. Our staff working at our school Hub this  morning were  taking part in the Joe Wicks workout too! Lovely to see a home assembly today and some star awards given out! Keep up the good work next week everyone. Thank you for sharing your stories, we have loved seeing them!

Day 4 of Home Learning! Great to see everyone working hard! Thank you again for taking the time to send in these photographs.

Thank you again for taking the time to send in these wonderful photos of our pupils ‘working from home’! We are all loving seeing how everyone is getting on!

Parents who are Key workers should receive an email today from the authority indicating which of the HUB schools your child has been allocated a place in. Please remember to email and let the HUB know of you intend to take up this space so they can ensure the correct ratios of staff to pupils is in place. You will need to take a proof of employment (e.g. staff badge) with you to show you are deemed a key worker when you drop off your child. Please refer to the  flow chart below which indicates if you qualify for a space in the HUB schools. We would be grateful if you could also email us and let us know which HUB your child will be.

Thanks to everyone for sending in these fab photos of everyone busy with home learning activities! We have loved seeing them. Great to see people getting out into the garden and using this space for learning.  Remember to get in touch if you are having any issues understanding what needs to be done with any of the work we are sending home. Keep the photos coming!

P7, with lots of help from all of the children in our amazing school, have managed to raise a fantastic £630.97 for Sports Relief. A huge thank you to everyone who baked and donated money on the day – a great amount of money for a brilliant charity.

P7, Mrs Strange and Mr McArthur